Volume Iv /Issue 6 November/December 2006
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VOLUME IV /ISSUE 6 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 On the Steady As She Goes ............................ 4 Cover... The Basin Project is not Pigs At Sea ................................................... 6 only moving ahead on course but is shaping up to be esthetically a thing Bay Week & Beyond ............................... 10 of beauty of which we can all be proud. Monsters of Lac Evans ........................... 18 Officers Commodore James Means ........... 833-4358 Rats ........................................................... 20 [email protected] Vice Commodore John Murosky .. 456-7797 [email protected] Election Candidates ................................ 25 Rear Commodore David Arthurs .. 455-3935 [email protected] Weeeeeee There Goes Judy ................................. 8 Fleet Captain David Amatangelo .. 452-0010 [email protected] EYC Sailor’s Circumnavigation ......................... 12 Directors P/C Richard Vicary ............................ 456-6813 Blub, Blub ... Blub! .............................................. 16 [email protected] Edward Schuler ............................ 434-4724 Dover Days 2006 Big Success ............................ 34 [email protected] Richard Nagle .............................. 474-2934 [email protected] LOG Analysis ...................................................... 36 Bob McGee .................................. 838-6551 CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS [email protected] Gerry Urbaniak ............................ 454-4456 [email protected] Bradley Enterline....................... 453-5004 [email protected] Sam “Rusty” Miller .................... 725-5331 From the Bridge [email protected] Commodore Jim Means Log Staff P/C John Ashby............................. 455-2757 [email protected] Irene Boyles ................................. 899-6606 [email protected] They told me that the next four years would I’d be remiss if I didn’t pass on my thanks fly by, of course I didn’t believe them. But it to those of you who so ably aided in the Jan Stachelek................................ 459-6991 seems just like three days ago we were paving accomplishments of these goals, and those of [email protected] the parking lot for “J” & “K” docks, like two you who unselfishly donated time, money and Sandy Will ................................... 833-0303 days ago we were moving the Grill Room expertise to so many of the projects here at [email protected] storage to the basement in preparation of the the Club. You are far too many to personally Judy Emling ................................ 833-3293 Grill Room renovation and yesterday that we name in this short discourse. Let it suffice to [email protected] started on the Basin renovation, so you see how say that you have my undying gratitude. Toni Sample .......................... 864/998-9935 fast time flies when you’re having fun. Anybody [email protected] who has the inkling or time and desire to serve Thank You for allowing me to serve, the Club in any capacity should join in the fun. Jim Alex Webster ............................... 323-3954 [email protected] P/C Pat Geary ............................. 459-7777 Directory [email protected] Club House ........................ 453-4931 Club House Fax ................. 453-6182 Jill Robertson ............................... 833-0836 [email protected] Fuel Dock/Guard House..... 456-9914 Canoe House ...................... 453-6368 Kitty Ferrari ................................ 838-3933 EYC Web: www.erieyachtclub.org E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] EYC Catering: Elizabeth Quinn 453-4931 or [email protected] Doris Veihdeffer .......................... 452-4448 Mailing address: P.O. Box 648 • Erie, PA 16512 [email protected] Dave Heitzenrater ....................... 449-5126 Created, Designed & Published by J.G. Ashby Advertising, Inc. [email protected] Neil Milligan ............................... 734-4652 3 [email protected] Take a stroll along the new walkway on the beautifully landscaped north wall and you’ll get a taste of what’s to come when the entire project is completed. As the work crew’s designated fork lift driver, I can tell you first hand that the Club’s new fork lift is working out very well in getting the job done on the Basin Project. Member volunteers assembled these 9’ X 20’ floating dock bases and are seen here launching a section. I would like to thank our members and friends water over by the canoe house waiting final fit up of We have purchased a new 50 ton Marine Travelift for their courteous patience during our basin the outboard motor. that will arrive next spring. Specifications of the new renovation which is extended from the entire By the time this article goes to print, members lift are located on the bulletin board in the main basin reconstruction oversight committee. The should see that the “A” dock bulkhead repair has lobby. This lift will be taller and longer and is capable responsibility is enormous but I can assure you that begun. We will only be repairing the bulkhead which of expanding the width at a future date should we we will do our best to meet this challenge. will be done well before spring and the new docks in proceed with a new lift well. No plans are in effect As the boats are hauled, we are preparing for the that area will follow in the fall of 2007. at this time. installation of the new floating docks located on the Many members have given good compliments on Hopefully we should be well under way with the north wall extending from the lighthouse towards the landscaping of the north wall. Large baseball dock installation by the time you receive this LOG the west to the channel entrance! size gravel has been installed along with several issue. Thank you once again for your continued P/C Gib Loesel and fellow member Bill “Biff” Maasz decorative pilings and various sea grasses and support! Hundreds of “ floats “ for the new floating docks are shown here have helped tremendously with the assembly barge plants. There will be more flowers planted in the stockpiled as the member volunteers assemble the dock sections. that will help us line up the finger piers to the main spring before opening day. catwalk of the floating docks. This barge is in the This is our custom designed “dock assembly barge” which will aid in the alignment of our Wow! What beautiful landscaping we now have running from the new floating docks and catwalks. entrance to the lighthouse on the north wall. The large baseball sized architectural gravel adds just the right touch so please do not try to make any “big splashes” in the bay with them. Floating dock frames have been delivered by the hundreds and stored temporally on the west wall ready to be utilized by the Club volunteers in assembling the floating docks. Take a stroll along the new walkway on the beautifully landscaped north wall and you’ll get a taste of what’s to come when the entire project is completed. As the work crew’s designated fork lift driver, I can tell you first hand that the Club’s new fork lift is working out very well in getting the job done on the Basin Project. Member volunteers assembled these 9’ X 20’ floating dock bases and are seen here launching a section. I would like to thank our members and friends water over by the canoe house waiting final fit up of We have purchased a new 50 ton Marine Travelift for their courteous patience during our basin the outboard motor. that will arrive next spring. Specifications of the new renovation which is extended from the entire By the time this article goes to print, members lift are located on the bulletin board in the main basin reconstruction oversight committee. The should see that the “A” dock bulkhead repair has lobby. This lift will be taller and longer and is capable responsibility is enormous but I can assure you that begun. We will only be repairing the bulkhead which of expanding the width at a future date should we we will do our best to meet this challenge. will be done well before spring and the new docks in proceed with a new lift well. No plans are in effect As the boats are hauled, we are preparing for the that area will follow in the fall of 2007. at this time. installation of the new floating docks located on the Many members have given good compliments on Hopefully we should be well under way with the north wall extending from the lighthouse towards the landscaping of the north wall. Large baseball dock installation by the time you receive this LOG the west to the channel entrance! size gravel has been installed along with several issue. Thank you once again for your continued P/C Gib Loesel and fellow member Bill “Biff” Maasz decorative pilings and various sea grasses and support! Hundreds of “ floats “ for the new floating docks are shown here have helped tremendously with the assembly barge plants. There will be more flowers planted in the stockpiled as the member volunteers assemble the dock sections. that will help us line up the finger piers to the main spring before opening day. catwalk of the floating docks. This barge is in the This is our custom designed “dock assembly barge” which will aid in the alignment of our Wow! What beautiful landscaping we now have running from the new floating docks and catwalks. entrance to the lighthouse on the north wall. The large baseball sized architectural gravel adds just the right touch so please do not try to make any “big splashes” in the bay with them. Floating dock frames have been delivered by the hundreds and stored temporally on the west wall ready to be utilized by the Club volunteers in assembling the floating docks. These fascinating ships were designed specifically to handle the waters of Lake Erie, nicknamed “Pig Boats”, they were said to be “unsinkable”. Not so. Long-time Erie Yacht Club members will recall leum trade. Regardless of hull design, however, assuming that it was an ocean-going subma- the era of commercial shipping activity at the petroleum delivery ships could always be rine. In reality it was the last of the original Cascade Docks east of the Club.